Reconstruction in the province after the fall of the Taliban has been slow in comparison to that in nearby provinces such as Khost and Zabul, in large part due to the remoteness of the region and repeated attacks on aid workers.

While the province hasn't witnessed the outright fighting in the last few years that has affected provinces like Helmand, there is a constant low level of tribal violence accompanied by criminal and Taliban activity.

The weapons were stored in Bashgah, a remote village in Baghlanprovince, 75 miles north of the capital, Kabul, Interior Ministry spokesman Latfullah Mashal said.

Mashal said the cache was hidden in a bunker under the house of a warlord and former government militia commander named Jalal Bashgah, apparently to conceal the weapons from a U.N.-sponsored disarmament drive.

Eight U.S. soldiers were fatally wounded in Ghazniprovince in January 2004 when a cache of arms they were preparing for disposal exploded accidentally.

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According to the radio, most of the victims were from the Charshanbe Tape camp in Baghlan.

Radio Shariat said there were 12 displacement camps in Baghlanprovince for villagers driven from their homes by fighting.

Baghlan and surrounding areas, including the northeastern province of Takhar, have seen heavy fighting between the Taliban and opposition forces since the onset of winter.

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Report quotes the head of the radio/TV department of BaghlanProvince as saying that the Provincial Reconstruction Team will set up a TV transmitter in Baghlan's Markazi District.

Report says that the people from some districts in TakharProvince are continuing their demonstrations, demanding the resignation of the security commander and a number of other provincial officials who are involved in drug smuggling.

Editorial, entitled "Sources supporting the Taleban should be wiped out", comments on the increase in the level of Taleban activity and stresses that the organized destructive activities of the Taleban show that they have the support of specific foreign circles and intelligence services.

Henk Vaags, spokesman for the civil-military team in Baghlan told Pajhwok Afghan News about their drills featuring tanks, missiles and jets in the expansive Karkar desert, 15 kilometers northeast of Pul-i-Khumri, would continue until elections slated for mid-September.

Vaags added: "Though the security situation in Baghlan is satisfactory, yet we should be on red alert to tackle violent incidents." He would not say as to how many troops of the 150-member Dutch team were participating in the war games.

The PRT team in the province is operating under NATO, which is currently leading a multinational peacekeeping mission in Afghanistan.

KHOST, Afghanistan, May 3 (UNHCR)  More than 1,000 internally displaced Afghans have returned to their home areas from south-eastern Khostprovince in a series of convoys organised by the UN refugee agency and its partners in a nationwide effort to boost stability in Afghanistan.

Over the last 25 years, repeated waves of Afghans have passed through Khostprovince while escaping the fighting and drought that ravaged their homeland for the security of neighbouring Pakistan.

When she and her family heard that their home in Baghlanprovince had been destroyed during the civil war and that the prospects for a sustainable return were weak, they opted to stay in Khost, where her husband found work as a cook.

Based on a assessment done by UNICEF the majority of these children are from North East and especially from Baghlanprovince, whom were submit to their parents to go back to their villages.

by arrival to UNHCR office in Baghlan a briefing was give on the mission plan and also time schedule was made and agreed by every one, it was announced that the governor and deputy governor are not present in the province, so it was agreed to meet with the chief police and other relevant authorities.

A briefing was provide to the participants on the objective of the mission and as well as the findings of the mission and also it was made clear that the north east provinces and the Baghlanprovince is one of the well known places for the trafficking of the Children.

The legislative body of Afghanistan is a parliament consisting of two houses: the Wolesi Jirga (House of the People) and the Meshrano Jirga (House of Elders).

In the Meshrano Jirga, one-third of the members are elected by provincial councils for four years, one-third are elected by district councils of each province for three years, and one-third are appointed by the president for five years, of which half must be women.

The two famous statues of Buddha in the BamiyanProvince were destroyed by the Taliban because they were regarded by them as being idolatrous.

As was evidenced in the Baghlan explosion, there are commanders who still keep ammunition in their homes despite being encouraged to declare them to the proper authorities.

Reports from Ghor province, indicate heavy rain on Monday damaged houses in several villages (Barakhana, Karistan, Jarmatu) in Chaghcharan district, and that floods damaged agricultural land in Taiwara, Tulak, and Shahrak districts.

The next step in reestablishing UN activities in Zabulprovince will be for a regional UN Country Team to discuss with the local authorities the concrete implementation of humanitarian and development programmes in the province.

In the Meshrano Jirga, one-third of the members are elected by provincial councils for four years, one-third are elected by district councils of each province for three years, and one-third are appointed by the president for five years, of whom half must be women.

The two famous statues of Buddha in the BamiyanProvince were destroyed by the Taliban, who regarded them as idolatrous.

Examples are Mawlvi Balkhi (Rumi), born and educated in the Balkhprovince in the 13th century and moved to today’s Istanbul, Sanaayi Ghaznavi (12th century, native of Ghazni provice), Jami Heravi (15th century, native of Jam-e-Herat in western Afghanistan), Nizam ud-Din Ali Sher Heravi Nava'i, (15th century, Heart province).

of the rebel's key commanders in northern Baghlanprovince before launching a blistering attack...

strongholds of Panjsher valley and Andarab of Baghlan.

continued Friday in the cities of Kunduz, Baghlan and Kandahar still in the control of the...

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In a separate incident, six people — three of them policemen — were wounded in the northern province of Baghlan in a roadside blast.

A teacher with the officer was wounded, the deputy governor of Helmand province said.

Commanders of 38 groups in Kapisa were told by letter to hand in their weapons, UN Deputy Special Representative Chris Alexander said on the sidelines of a meeting to explain the process to officials from the next provinces to introduce the campaign.

Konduz Province Governor Mohammad Omar said on 10 June that the attack on the Chinese workers was carried out by people coming from BaghlanProvince, which is located directly south of Konduz Province, Peshawar-based Afghan Islamic Press (AIP) reported.

Lieutenant General Mohammad Daud, a regional military commander in Konduz Province, said on 13 June that 10 people have been arrested in connection with the attack on Chinese construction workers in the province, "China Daily" reported on 14 June.

A Reuters correspondent in the southern province of Kandahar reported today that schoolchildren as young as 13 are being registered as if they are 18 years old.

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Factsheet on the Dutch PRT at Pol-e Khomri, Baghlanprovince in Afghanistan

The PRT is therefore lending support to reconstruction activities, although this should not be regarded as one of its primary responsibilities.

Earmarked funding from the Netherlands through the Afghanistan Stability Programme is facilitating the construction of police stations in four districts of Baghlan.

Fighting between rival local factions was reported in the northern provinces of Sar-e-Pul, Samangan, and Badakhshan, in the eastern province of Nangarhar, and in the southeastern province of Paktia.

However, in the southern and eastern provinces, as well as in Uruzgan, Bamiyan and Wardak provinces, drought continues to have a negative impact on food security and livelihoods.

In the Central Highlands and in the provinces of Ghor, Sar-e-Pul, Faryab and Farah, the population continues to experience high levels of food insecurity, despite an overall improvement of the general food situation from last year.

Taza Mir is old enough to remember the days when beet was the major crop in Baghlan and the province was noted for its sugar.

He said that they will initially help Baghlan farmers and then move to other provinces to try to expand the beet crop, training farmers to get the most out of their land.

Before the wars, the main centres for growing beet were Baghlan, Kundoz and Samangan provinces.

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Shir Mohammad Jahesh, a reporter of Pajhwok Afghan News, was threatened and insulted by the Chief of Baghlan Police General Mir Alam, and was told that in the future, if his reporting does not follow the will of the authorities, he would be imprisoned.

General Mir Allam said he considered the claim of the reporter to be propaganda, a rumor and described it as a provoking move from his regional rivals.

According to some journalists in Baghlanprovince, these types of problems have been partly resolved and the situation has improved.